Sleeping Beauty

This is my holy grail book! I had it as a child, and have been looking for it online for 20 years, and in secondhand bookshops and charity shops before that. It was very difficult to find, because there are so many versions of Sleeping Beauty out there. I'm glad that I found it before my memories faded so much that I would not have recognised it. Having found my ultimate item, I'm not sure what to search for next!

Alongside the book is a drawing that I did of my vague memory of it. I did remember it pretty well, I think!

Travel journals

I finally decorated my Peru travel journal, and I also redecorated my Austria one.

Washi tape stamps

Carved eraser stamps.

Hipster stamps

Carved eraser stamps

Painted chairs

My garden bench had started to fall apart, so I was thinking that I was going to have to spend a lot of money buying a new one. Then I saw two wooden chairs at my local charity shop for £3 each. I loved them but couldn't think of where they would fit in my house. The next night I realised that they would make a great replacement for my bench (and at a tenth of the cost of a new bench!). So I went running to the charity shop the following lunchtime, and luckily they were still there. The lady in the shop pointed out some white paint marks on the wood, but I told her it was OK as I was planning to paint them. One of the paint colours was chosen to match "the green thing" (see my previous post), and the other to match my Mount Fuji mural. The paint was more expensive than the chairs!

The green thing

I spotted this in a skip in my parents' street, so I got my dad to do a little skip-diving for me! I loved the colour of it, and I had this idea in mind right from the start, although it was in very good condition and could have been used many places indoors. I drilled a few holes in the bottom of each of the levels, then filled it with compost and added plants.

Glenrothes Town Art

         

A recent drawing, showing some of the sculptures around Glenrothes. I'm thinking of printing it as a postcard.